The saga ‘Matrix’ He has managed to captivate millions of spectators worldwide thanks to their solvent combination of existentialism, philosophy, spectacular action scenes and use of revolutionary CGI for the time. However, there is a great consensus in which The first film is the best of allsomething especially notable after the widely considered final disappointing: ‘Matrix Reloaded’ (2003). For many, the final of this feature film, which ended with Neo —Keanu Reeves— Trapped in Matrix y His body in the real world in a comahe disappointed them so much that they left the outraged movie theaters.
What happened at the end of ‘Matrix Reloaded’ and why was it considered a disappointing ending?
Although ‘Matrix Reloaded’ contained many more action scenes than her predecessor, He also added much more background To this rich science fiction universe. This was possible thanks to new characters such as Link, who served to capture the day -to -day day of Zion, the last city of humans. Apart from this, The action focused on the group of Neo, Trinity and Morpheusand his fight both against machines in the real world and inside Matrix, where they faced the dangerous agents, and where Smith in particular, which had managed to “disconnect” from the system and had begun to replicate, threatened to infect the entire virtual world with copies of himself as if it were a computer virus.
At the end of the movie, Neo’s powers within Matrix are also manifested within the real worldwhen he manages to stop a group of sentries and destroy them “telepatically”, Something extraordinarily shocking Because it was very sudden, and without giving them clues that this was possible. However, this new ability came with a great cost for the chosen one, which immediately fell into a coma. And here is the disappointment factor for many spectators: everything seemed lost to the protagonist of the saga, since The movie ended with a “continues” just when Neo lying on a nursing stretcher of the ship next to Banealso unconscious, but owned by a copy of the Smith agent. That is, fate did not predict anything good to Keanu Reeves.
Although in the subsequent film, ‘Matrix Revolutions’, released only six months later, it was revealed that Neo was still alive but his subconscious was still caught at an intermediate point between Matrix and his “backend”the end of ‘Matrix Reloaded’ was so unsatisfactory for many that caused a considerable percentage of the spectators to leave the locked movie theaters, as reflected in the forums of the time. It was and cliffhanger in full rule that, ultimately, He married perfectly with the status of the second film inside the trilogy: It was, indeed, The plot knot in general. Therefore, the responses and the resolution of the conflict between humans and machines would be given in the third installment.
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Even so, Many considered that the end was extraordinarily abruptand did not give clear clues about whether Neo could recover, something considered unfair after the revelation that Matrix’s powers could use in the real world. And, in case it was not enough, his unconscious body lay right next to his worst enemy: Agent Smith, inside Bane’s body, so everything pointed out that the future of the hero would be dire. Despite these criticism and the controversial final, ‘Matrix Reloaded’ was generally well received.
While it is true that specialized criticism was not as generous as with the excellent first installment, considered one of the most relevant films of the late last century, ‘Reloaded’ and its 741 million box office were a huge milestone in the history of cinema: not only practically doubled the collection of the previous film, but it was The classified film R —You, for older than 17 or less than 17 accompanied ,— More blockbuster of all time until the first ‘Deadpool’ was released in 2016. Its influence on action and science fiction cinema continues to generate debate even today, which is a reliable proof of its enormous relevance and its great legacy for the world of celluloid.
